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CBE Spring Gala 2025

CBE’s Spring Gala is the largest annual fundraising event for CBE and our largest celebratory gathering.

Last year, nearly 400 people attended! Our goal this year is to raise $500,000.

At this year’s gala we’ll celebrate each of the seven decades of membership active in our community, and we'll honor our longtime members, Jules and Julianne Hirsh, who joined CBE in 1967. In addition to being a shofar-sounding legend, Jules served as President of the Board of Trustees in the late 1980s and the mid 2000s and as a b'nei mitzvah tutor for 35 years. Julianne also served on the board, as well as the religious school committee, the ritual committee, the after-school committee, and in countless other ways that supported our growing community.

Whether you joined CBE in the 1970s or the 2020s, on May 29 we will come together to share CBE stories from each decade; to raise funds that are crucial to sustain the day-to-day support of our spiritual, educational, and cultural programming; and, of course, to have fun!

Our CBE members are what make us the strong, vibrant, inspiring community that we have been for our entire history, that we continue to be today, and that, with your support, we will continue to be for all the decades to come.

We invite you to celebrate the entire CBE community and show your support for CBE by joining the Host Committee or the Friends level for this year’s Gala.

Please click here for more information.

If you wish to offer a message of appreciation during the gala itself, pages in our digital journal can be purchased below in the scroll-down menu.
The deadline for the digital journal is Wednesday, May 21.


Proceeds from the 2025 Spring Gala will support Congregation Beth Elohim. Amounts in excess of $108 per ticket are tax deductible to the fullest amount allowable by law. To purchase tickets or make a donation by check, through a wire transfer or a foundation account, please contact Karen Gerwin at kgerwin@cbebk.org.


We appreciate the generosity of everyone who helps sponsor the 2025 CBE Spring Gala as a part of the Host Committee, as a Friend of CBE, or First Timer. All Host Committee members are welcome to bring guests to the event based on sponsorship level. Please see below for a list of sponsorship levels and their benefits.

Host Committee Levels

Leader ($36,000):
  • Reserved table with name and decade signage
  • Recognition by name from the stage at the event 
  • Listed as Leader Level of the Host Committee on the invitation and various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 10 tickets to the event. 
  • Full page in the digital journal
  • Invitation to coffee in early May with a special guest
  • Invitation to a private cocktail reception in fall ‘25 hosted by Debbie and Jonathan Rosen
Benefactor ($25,000):
  • Reserved table with name and decade signage
  • Recognition by name from the stage at the event
  • Listed as Benefactor Level of the Host Committee on the invitation and various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 8 tickets to the event
  • Full page in the digital journal
  • Invitation to coffee in early May with a special guest
  • Invitation to a private cocktail reception in fall ‘25 hosted by Debbie and Jonathan Rosen
Patron ($18,000)
  • Recognition by name from the stage at the event
  • Listed as Patron Level of the Host Committee on the invitation and various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 6 tickets to the event
  • Full page in the digital journal
  • Invitation to coffee in early May with a special guest
  • Invitation to a private cocktail reception in fall ‘25 hosted by Debbie and Jonathan Rosen
Champion ($10,000)
  • Listed as Champion Level of the Host Committee on the invitation and various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 4 tickets to the event
  • Half page in the digital journal
  • Invitation to coffee in early May with a special guest
  • Invitation to a private cocktail reception in fall ‘25 hosted by Debbie and Jonathan Rosen
Supporter ($5,400)
  • Listed Supporter Level of the Host Committee on the invitation and various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 4 tickets to the event
  • Invitation to coffee in early May with a special guest
  • Invitation to a private cocktail reception in fall ‘25 hosted by Debbie and Jonathan Rosen.
Other ways to support the CBE Spring Gala:

Friends of CBE ($2,500)
  • Listed as Friends of CBE on various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 2 tickets to the event
First Timers ($1,800)
  • Listed as First Timers on various print and digital event collateral as well as in next year's Year in Review
  • 2 tickets to the event
Individual Tickets ($250)

Digital Journal (full page $360, 1/2 page $180)
  • A brief note about the year you joined CBE
  • Words of appreciation for Jules and Julianne Hirsh

Note: All Host Committee and Friends of CBE donors will be contacted via email closer to the gala date to confirm the names of your ticketed guests.
Example: David & Sarah Gold or Anonymous



If you would like a second, separate journal ad included, please add it here.


I am unable to attend, but would like to make a 100% tax-deductible contribution to support the event.
If you made a donation and would like to dedicate it, please detail the dedication here. 

I would like to make an additional 100% tax-deductible contribution to support the event.
If you made a donation and would like to dedicate it, please detail the dedication here. 

 

Tue, May 13 2025 15 Iyar 5785